 | Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons - Bills, Legislative - 1839 - 478 pages
...the coasts of the two countries, shall, with respect to bays, the mouths of which do not exceed ten miles in width, be measured from a straight line drawn from headland to headland. Les sujets de Sa Majest£ Britannique jouiront du droit exclusif de p6che dans un rayon de trois milles... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate - United States - 1856 - 774 pages
...the coasts of the two countries shall, with respect to bays, the mouths of which do not exceed ten miles in width, be measured from a straight line drawn...130 to 140 miles long, it has several bays on its coasts ; thus the word bay, as applied to this great body of water, has the same meaning as that applied... | |
 | Henry Wheaton - International law - 1866 - 802 pages
...the coasts of the two countries, shall, with respect to bays the mouths of which do not exceed ten miles in width, be measured from a straight line drawn from headland to headland."]— D. real and personal treaties becomes important. The first bind the contracting parties independently... | |
 | United States. Department of State - Alabama claims - 1874 - 440 pages
...the coasts of the two countries shall, with respect to bays, the mouths of which do not exceed ten miles in width, be measured from a straight line drawn...130 to 140 miles long ; it has several bays on its coasts ; thus the word bay, as applied to this great body of water, has the same meaning as that applied... | |
 | Criticism - 1873 - 808 pages
...the coasts of the two countries, shall, with respects to bays, tfie mouths of which do not exceed ten miles in width, be measured from a straight line drawn from headland to headland."* That some such limit on sovereignty over waters is just and necessary for the freedom of commerce and... | |
 | United States. Congress. House - United States - 1874 - 488 pages
...the coasts of the two countries shall, with respect to bays, the mouths of which do not exceed ten miles in width, be measured from a straight line drawn...130 to 140 miles long; it has several bays on its coasts ; thus the word bay, as applied to this great body of water, has the same meaning as that applied... | |
 | United States. Department of State - United States - 1874 - 440 pages
...respect to bays, the months of which do not exceed ten miles in width, be measured from a straight lino drawn from headland to headland." The Bay of Fundy...130 to 140 miles long; it has several bays on its coasts ; thus the word bay, as applied to this great body of water, has the same meaning as that applied... | |
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it is agreed that the distance of three miles fixed as the general limit for the exclusive right of fishery upon the coasts of the two countries shall, with respect to bays, the mouths of which do not exceed ten miles in width, be measured from a straight... 
